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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Ghetea (ranked 510 p4p, 377 weight class) and Vinicius Honorio (ranked 64 p4p, 48 weight class). Honorio has chosen Through the Darkness by Vinicius Honorio as his entrance music. Darius Ghetea has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Ghetea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinicius Honorio!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honorio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ghetea sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honorio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ghetea looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Honorio misses with a takedown
and Ghetea moves into the clinch.
Honorio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ghetea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Honorio has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ghetea is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ghetea misses with the head strike.
Ghetea misses with the head strike.
Honorio struggles to land a body shot inside as Ghetea controls his hands.
Honorio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghetea lands a right hand that snaps the head of Honorio backwards.
Ghetea can't find room to land a body shot as Honorio controls the action.
Honorio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good standup being displayed there by Honorio as he connects with a hook.
Ghetea misses with a low kick as Honorio jumps back.
Honorio throws out a counter right but Ghetea avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Honorio or perhaps it was just good defense by Ghetea, which made it look bad.
It looked like Ghetea was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Darius Ghetea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinicius Honorio.
Ghetea wants to slow Honorio down by chopping away at his legs.
Ghetea looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Honorio clinches up against the cage.
Honorio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Honorio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Honorio rushes Ghetea and presses him up against the cage.
Honorio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Ghetea.
Ghetea scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ghetea tries to throw a body punch but Honorio avoids it by throwing Ghetea back against the cage.
Ghetea swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Honorio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Honorio wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ghetea has him pressed against the cage.
Ghetea pushes Honorio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Honorio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea lands with a short shot to the head.
Ghetea escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honorio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ghetea.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Honorio tries to clinch but Ghetea moves out of range.
Ghetea pivots, looking for a leg kick but Honorio is out of range and Ghetea settles back down.
Honorio blocks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Ghetea misses.
Honorio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Honorio misses with a two punch combination.
Ghetea misses the body punch
and Honorio counters by clinching up.
Honorio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ghetea throws a punch but it's blocked by Honorio.
Ghetea lands a shoulder strike.
Ghetea lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Honorio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio jumps guard.
Ghetea seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ghetea preventing the sweep.
Honorio is trying to control the position but Ghetea postures up.
Honorio throws his legs up looking for a submission but Ghetea uses it to pass to side control.
Ghetea throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Honorio tries to improve position but can't.
Ghetea controls the position.
Ghetea trying to control the position but Honorio is working away.
Honorio tries to buck Ghetea off but Ghetea is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Ghetea dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Honorio fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ghetea is looking to counter the offense by Honorio and move into the clinch.
Vinicius Honorio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Honorio scores with a shot to the body.
Honorio fails with the takedown.
Ghetea digs a good body shot into Honorio's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghetea throws a leg kick
and Honorio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ghetea pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Honorio throws out a counter right but Ghetea avoids it with no problem.
Honorio scores with a punch to the head.
Ghetea tries to score with a low kick but Honorio moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ghetea.
Honorio misses with a hook to the body
and Ghetea counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ghetea.
Ghetea misses with a body punch.
Honorio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ghetea working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ghetea misses with some punches.
Honorio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Honorio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Honorio works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Honorio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Honorio trying to control but Ghetea is working from the bottom.
Ghetea wants to sweep here but Honorio controlling him for the moment.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ghetea holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Honorio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ghetea keeping moving, preventing Honorio from controlling successfully.
Honorio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Honorio controlling from the top position.
Honorio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Ghetea's corner calls for a 1-2. Ghetea obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ghetea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Honorio on the side of the head.
Darius Ghetea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Ghetea lands an impressive looking overhand right. Honorio doesn't seem phased though.
Ghetea misses with a leg kick
and Honorio counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Honorio is pressing down on Ghetea's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ghetea is holding on for now.
Ghetea avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Honorio.
Honorio wants to advance to full mount but Ghetea doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Ghetea wants to sweep but no luck.
Honorio throwing strikes from guard but Ghetea blocks nicely.
Honorio trying to control but Ghetea is working from the bottom.
Ghetea keeping full guard, as Honorio tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio trying to control the position from guard on top but Ghetea is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honorio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Honorio trying to control but Ghetea is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honorio sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ghetea's guard.
Honorio is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ghetea defends it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vinicius Honorio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Honorio ducks under a wild hook from Ghetea.
Ghetea misses with a low kick as Honorio jumps back.
Honorio shoots in and drives through. Ghetea sprawls well.
Ghetea just misses with a punch to the body.
Honorio ducks right into an uppercut from Ghetea.
Honorio avoids the head kick by Ghetea.
Honorio is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Honorio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ghetea counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghetea will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A jab lands there for Ghetea.
Ghetea works Honorio's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ghetea defends well and Honorio ends up having to push Ghetea into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ghetea pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Honorio throws out a counter right but Ghetea avoids it with no problem.
Ghetea wants to clinch.
Honorio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ghetea can pounce on him.
Ghetea throws a solid leg kick but Honorio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ghetea.
Ghetea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Honorio can do to turn this around?
Honorio listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ghetea throws out a leg kick but Honorio moves out of range and Ghetea only half commits.
Honorio throws out a counter right but Ghetea avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honorio tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Honorio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ghetea throws out the jab.
Honorio feints the counter takedown.
Ghetea throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Honorio.
Darius Ghetea is winning the standup battle so far.
Ghetea lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ghetea motions for Honorio to come forward. Ghetea throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Honorio feints the counter takedown.
Honorio takes a kick to the side of the head.
Honorio goes for a double leg but Ghetea avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ghetea continues to drive forward.
Darius Ghetea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinicius Honorio.
Ghetea throws a leg kick but Honorio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Honorio looking to score a takedown here. Ghetea is defending well but Honorio drives through and ends up in Ghetea's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Honorio throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Honorio manages to get himself to full guard.
Honorio escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ghetea gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Honorio is trying to hold Ghetea in close to prevent damage but Ghetea has managed to pass into half guard.
Ghetea is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio tries to roll over but Ghetea keeps him under control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ghetea wants to free his trapped foot but Honorio is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Darius Ghetea showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ghetea has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darius Ghetea!
A relieved looking Darius Ghetea thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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